Warringah candidate says she and her family have fled Sydney amid fears for their safety
In her interview with SBS, Deves said she had been “chastened” by the criticism and denied she was transphobic. But she also appeared to apportion blame for her comments on Twitter.
“I recognise trying to prosecute arguments about complex, nuanced and difficult subjects ... it should not take place on a platform that propagates offence and division and hurt,” she said. “Going forward, I will be conducting myself in a dignified and respectful fashion. I recognise that the way I prosecuted those arguments was not conducive to proper, reasonable debate.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningAsked during the interview what she would say to trans children who may have been hurt by her comments, Deves said: “This is about women’s rights.
“With this issue we have a collision of rights and thus far the voices of women and girls have not been heard. When we have a collision of rights in liberal democracies we debate them in a reasonable, measured fashion.” But despite saying she had been forced to involve the police after receiving “death threats”, a spokesperson for the NSW police said in a brief statement that the force had not been made aware of any threats.In a statement, the AFP said it “does not comment on matters that may be the subject of investigation”.The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has stood by her candidacy, saying people were trying to “silence” her.
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